Car-wheel jack-stand.



No. 817,321. PATENTED APR. 10, 1906.

L. (3. HOUSTON.

CAR WHEEL JACK STAND. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1905.

r V y Witnesses Inventor I b y wa m UNITE STATES rarnn'r OFFICE.

LOUIS C. HOUSTON, OF PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK P. HOUSTON, OF PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

CAR-WHEEL JACK-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS O. HoUsToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parkersburg, in the county of Wood and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Oar-l/Vheel Jack-Stand, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved jackstand for the purpose of supporting a jack, whereby the truck ofa railroad-car may be temporarily lifted and sustained in order that the wheel-bearings may be removed and replaced, as is frequently desirable when the boxes or bearings become heated; and the object of the invention is to present a device of this character which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efiiciency.

With these and other ends in view the in vention consists in, the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of embodiment of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that the right is reserved to any changes, alterations, and modifications to which recourse may be had within the scope of the invention and without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the efficiency of the same.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the improved device applied in position for operation. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan view showing the device in position upon a rail, a portion of a car-wheel being shown in section.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

The improved device consists of a plate or bar 1 of suitable dimensions, adapted to be placed along the outer side of a rail, as 2, and provided at what may be termed its front end with a depending lug 3, adapted to engage the outer side of the rail. At its rear end the bar 1 is provided with a laterally-extending bracket 4, having at the edge thereof a depending lug 5, adapted to engage the inner side of the rail across which the bracket 4 extends, said bracket being provided with a wheel-rim-engaging curved or sloping upper face, as 6, and with an arm or hook member 6, adapted to catch behind the wheel. About centrally upon the inner side of the bar 1 is formed a shoulder 7, and upon the outer side of the bar, the middle portion of which is provided with a downward-extending bracket 8, is formed a laterally-extending platform 9, constituting a stand upon which a lifting-jack 1.0 of ordinary construction may be supported.

In, the practical application of the device the bar or plate 1 is placed in engagement with the rail, with its laterally-extended portion 4 supported thereupon and the lug 5 hooked behind the rail, the adjustment being a short distance from the car-wheel. The bar 1 is then slid or moved. until the sloping upper face 6 of the bracket 4 engages the tread of the wheel, the arm 6 hooks behind the wheel, and the shoulder 7 catches over the outer rim of the wheel, while the lug 3 abuts upon the outer side of the rail. The jack is then placed in position and operated against the under side of the axle-box, thus serving to raise the truck, while the wheel is retained in contact with the rail, the operation bein continued until the bearing may be removed and another one substituted.

This invention affords a simple and effect ive device which may be readily carried and manipulated for the purpose of removing the bearings from hot boxes without delay, thus oftentimes saving the caraxles and other parts from serious and permanent injury.

The jack-supporting platform 9 is preferably provided with a flange, as 11, to retain the jack in position and to prevent it from slipping when the device is in use.

It is desired to be understood that this device may be manufactured in right and left patterns, so as to enable it to be used in connection with wheels upon either side of a car.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A jack-stand having awheel-rim-engaging shoulder and provided with depending lugls adapted to engage opposite sides of a rai 2. A jack-stand having a wheel-rim-engaging shoulder, a depending braoket portion having a laterally-extending platform, and depending lugs, one at each end, and adapted to engage opposite sides of a rail.

3. A j ack-stand consisting of a bar having a Wheel-rim-engaging shoulder, a depending bracket portion having a laterally-extending platform, a depending lug at one end of the bar, and a rail-head-engaging bracket extending laterally at the op osite end of the bar and provided With a epending lug for engagement with the inner side of the rail.

4. A jack-stand consisting of a bar having a Wheel-rim-engaging shoulder, a depending bracket portion having a laterally-extending platform, a depending lug at one end of the bar, a laterally-extending bracket at the 0pposite end of the bar adapted to rest upon the rail-head and provided With an upper curved WheeI-tread-engaging surface, and a lug depending from said bracket.

5. A jack-stand having a wheel-rim-engaging shoulder, a depending bracket portion having a laterally-extending flanged platform, and depending lugs, one at each end, and adapted to engage opposite sides ofarail.

6. A jack-stand having a wheel-rim-engag ing shoulder and a Wheelenga ing arm or hook member, and provided Witi depending lugls adapted to engage opposite sides of a rai 7. A jack-stand having a wheel-rim-engaging shoulder, a Wheel-engaging arm or hook member, a depending bracket portion having a laterally-extending platform, and depending lugs, one at each end, and adapted to engage opposite sides of a rail;

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LOUIS O. HOUSTON. Witnesses:

F. P. MOATs,

F. P. HOUSTON. 

